Re: [boost] Boost.Math and Math Constants

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost.Math and Math Constants
From: Jeffrey Lee Hellrung, Jr. (jeffrey.hellrung_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-12-07 16:15:53

On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 1:09 PM, Lars Viklund <zao_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 07, 2011 at 09:03:26PM +0000, Christopher Kormanyos wrote:
> > billion
> > trillion
>
> Those are a horrible idea to attempt to define, as their meaning is
> ambigious - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales

How about simply
_1
_10
_100
...
then?  *if* it's deemed desirable to have such constants in the first
place.  I.e., in what instances are the corresponding literals insufficient?

- Jeff